Re: Derailment report on Channel 7 News

John McCallum (mccallum@melbpc.org.au)
Thu, 24 Jul 97 11:26:14 GMT

In article <01bc96a1$f54e9440$910057cb@krel4203.semex.net.au>,
"Krel" <krel4203@netconnect.com.au> wrote:

>The train was MP5 and the incident occurred at Mundrabilla. It seems that
>the loco and the first seven vehicles turned into the loop and the next
>twenty two vehicles continued along the main line piling up and causing two
>separate dangerous goods leaks.

If Mundrabilla is fitted with points remotely operated from the loco cab, then
it sounds like a similar problem that occurs with the automatic points on the
Melbourne tram system. The didn't wait for the train to clear before resetting
for the mainline. Since I assume the points are track circuited, how come?
If this is the case, and I don't know, then some rethinking on the
interlocking is required.

Cheers,

John McCallum
e-mail address: mccallum@melbpc.org.au
Phone 03 9478 4254. Member, Melbourne PC User Group.

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